Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for creating and producing a number of television series including Popular (1999–2001), Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), Glee (2009–2015), American Horror Story (2011–present), Scream Queens (2015–2016), American Crime Story (2016–present), Pose (2018–2021), 9-1-1 (2018–present), The Politician (2019–2020), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–present), Ratched (2020), American Horror Stories (2021–present), and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). Murphy also directed the 2006 film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir Running with Scissors, the 2010 film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat, Pray, Love, the 2014 film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart, and the 2020 film adaptation of the musical The Prom. Murphy has received six Primetime Emmy Awards from 36 nominations, a Tony Award from two nominations, and two Grammy Award nominations. He has often been cited as "the most powerful man" in modern television, including having signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalised characters to the masses".
Glee: The Concert Movie
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Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
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Glee: Keep on Believin'
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Trailblazer Honors
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Scream Queens
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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The Kardashians
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The Glee Project
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Running with Scissors
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Running with Scissors
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Running with Scissors
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Eat Pray Love
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Eat Pray Love
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Glee: The Concert Movie
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The Normal Heart
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The Normal Heart
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Mr. Harrigan's Phone
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown
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Pose-a-Thon for Pride
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Glee: The Concert Movie
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One Hit Wonders
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One Hit Wonders
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One Hit Wonders
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Pray Away
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Factory Girl
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Open
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Open
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Open
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The Boys in the Band
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The Prom
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The Prom
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Circus of Books
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A Secret Love
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Janet
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Popular
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Popular
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Nip/Tuck
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Nip/Tuck
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American Horror Story
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American Horror Story
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American Horror Story
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Glee
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Glee
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Glee
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The New Normal
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The New Normal
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Scream Queens
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Scream Queens
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FEUD
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Scream Queens
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American Crime Story
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Pretty/Handsome
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Pretty/Handsome
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Pretty/Handsome
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9-1-1
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POSE
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POSE
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Ratched
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Hollywood
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American Crime Story
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Ratched
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9-1-1: Lone Star
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9-1-1: Lone Star
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The Politician
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Hollywood
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Hollywood
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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Halston
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FEUD
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POSE
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American Horror Stories
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Halston
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American Horror Stories
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Halston
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American Love Story
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American Sports Story
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The Andy Warhol Diaries
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The Watcher
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The Watcher
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The Watcher
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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Monsters
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9-1-1: Lone Star
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9-1-1: Lone Star
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9-1-1
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Doctor Odyssey
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Mid-Century Modern
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Grotesquerie
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All's Fair
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Monsters
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Grotesquerie
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Grotesquerie
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Doctor Odyssey
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The Beauty
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American Horror Story
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Glee
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Popular
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Nip/Tuck
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Pretty/Handsome
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Queen B
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The Glee Project
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The New Normal
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Scream Queens
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FEUD
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9-1-1
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POSE
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The Politician
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Hollywood
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9-1-1: Lone Star
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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American Horror Stories
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The Watcher
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Mentiras Perfectas
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Grotesquerie
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Doctor Odyssey
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Monsters
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The Beauty
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